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May 17, 2014

REVIEW: Laugh by Mary Ann Rivers

WillafulB ReviewsContemporary romance / Doctor / family series / Farmer / neighborhood / Series5 Comments

Dear Ms. Rivers: A romance genre version of Chekov’s gun: if an upcoming romance hero is kind of an ass in book one, we need to know why he’s an ass by book… well, whichever one is his story. (In this case, book two.) Laugh does a beautiful job of ... more >

February 5, 2014

REVIEW: Live (Burnside #1) by Mary Ann Rivers

Guest ReviewerA- ReviewsContemporary11 Comments

Dear Ms. Rivers, After falling in love with the beautiful novellas, The Story Guy and Snowfall, I basically resolved to read whatever you write. This is not going to be a hardship, what with the achingly lovely way with words and the sort of compulsively disarming meet cutes these books ... more >

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December 30, 2013

Jayne’s Best of 2013

JayneA Review Category / A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Top Ten ListsBest of 2013 / best of list21 Comments

The last few years I’ve done these year end lists, I’ve come up short of 10. I’ve realized either I’m not reading the right books for me, I’m too picky a reader or I’m totally out of touch with what’s popular right now. So when my list kept growing all ... more >

October 30, 2013

REVIEW: Heating Up the Holidays Anthology

WillafulBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsAnthology / Contemporary romance / cybersex / phone-sex1 Comments

This contemporary anthology mostly delivers what the title and cover promise: romance and steam, against a winter holiday background. (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s.) The emphasis is more on the heat than the holidays. Play With Me by by Lisa Renee Jones Kali Miller isn’t happy about being attracted to her ... more >

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August 7, 2013

What Janine was Reading in June and July of 2013

JanineReading ListsReading lists26 Comments

With only a few exceptions, 2013 continues to be a disappointing year for me. Here’s what I’ve been reading lately: The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud This novel is narrated in alternating first and third person. The first person sections are in the POV of Bartimaeus, a djinni whom ... more >

The STory Guy by Mary Ann Rivers
July 12, 2013

REVIEW: The Story Guy by Mary Ann Rivers

JayneA- Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / family relationships / novella / older heroine and hero22 Comments

Recommended Read

I will meet you on Wednesdays at noon in Celebration Park. Kissing only. Carrie West is happy with her life . . . isn’t she? But when she sees this provocative online ad, the thirtysomething librarian can’t help but be tempted. After all, the photo of the anonymous poster is ... more >

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